Mounting for bed-bottoms.



W. B. ANDERSON.

MOUNTING FOR BED BOTTOMS.

APPLICATION FILED mzc.22. 1914.

1,170,865. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

THB COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH'QQ, WASHINGTON, n. c.

" WILLIAM B. Annnnson, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Assrenon'ro HAGGARD AND,MARCUSSON GOMBANSLDF crrrcaeo, ILLINO IS,, AcoRPoRArIoN or ILLINOIS.

MoIiNTING'ron BED-BOTTQMS.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, WILLIA1\I B. ANDER- soN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the'county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Impravementsin Mountings for Bed- Bottoms, of which" the following is'a specifi- 1cation.

frame.

My invention relatesito means foryieldingly mounting and maintaining bedbottom structures in bed frames.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved, simplifiedattachment for a bed bottom structure whereby to yieldingly andpendently support it within a bed A more specific object ofmy inventionis to provide means whereby a bed bottom structure 'may be suspendedfrom a bed frame uponclosed helical extension springs.

Another object of my invention is tocheapenstructures of thisolass,inone respect by using closed helical extension springs of the same sizeand character as those used to connect the fabric'to the end rails ofthe ordinary spring-bed bottom.

Another object of my inventionis to provide a noiseless suspensiondevice,.or attachment, in the use of which the amplitude of V movementof the suspended bedbottom is greater and the increments of movement aremore gradual and less abrupt than -when compressible. springs are used,upon which use of my invention.

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent,to per sons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the followingdescription when taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein Figure 1is a fragmentary showing of a bed bottom with my suspension attachmentassociated therewith, part of which is shown in section taken on line1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a transverse sec tion,taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; and show ing the manner of securing theattachment to a bed frame.

In both views the same reference characters are employed to indicatesimilar parts.

In the single embodiment which I have chosen to illustrate my invention5 is a frag ment of a side rail of a bed bottom. and 6 is which thefabric is attached by means of,

. Specification off Letters Patent 2 Pat t d F b.8 1916. V

Applieationfiled December 22,1914. Seria1'No.878,'519. I v i I helicalsprings 9, as usual in such structures. My attachment is secured,preferably at the four corners of the bed bottom structure tothe siderails 55 of a bed and consists essentially of the bracket structure 10pro- '-vided with a projection 11 adapted'to rest uponthe'bed frame 12-and prefe'rably se-i cured inplace by means of the clips 13 underlyingthe brackets 11" and held by the screws 14. Rising vertically .from thelateral projection 11 is a spring support 15 carrying side arms 16 and17 provided with vvnotches 18 for the reception of the closed rhelicalextension springs 19. The other end of'the helical springs maybeattacheddirectly to the side rail-or tube 5 but for convenlence of manufactureI-may provide a I sleeve '20, having projecting eyes 21 to which therespective springs 19 are connected I at their lower ends.

Secured substantially centrally of the bracket member 10 is a verticallydisposed guide rod 22, as bypin 23 9 rod 22 is inclosed. The sleeve20,when the sleeve lisused on the side rail '5,"-is held in placezby theset screw 26. The rail .5 and the sleeve 20 are vertically'perforatedso-as to allow considerable lateral movement of ,thefvertically sliding"rod 22 therein. The perforations through the sleeve and the side railsare relatively large, but the perfora passing through thesocket 24inwhich the tion made through the .wooden 'plug '27, is?

.smaller than the perforations 'in the railand sleeve andthereforetheguide rod 22, inits vertical movement, makes contact onlywith :the wood bushing 27 and preferably does not touch the sleeve orthe side rail and therefore its movement in the wooden bushed hole 1ssubstantlally nolseless, and inasmuch as there 1s no relatlve contactmovement of the springs 19, with their supports, they are substantiallynoiseless. To hold the bracket member 10 in proper relation with the bedbottom I provide a lug 29, which may be an integral part of the member10, to which is connected a rod or bar, preferably an angle bar 30, asby means of screws 31 and nuts 32. The angle bar 30 extends across thebed bottom and is connected in a similar manner to the part 29 of thedevice 10 on the corresponding end of the opposite rail.

The devices, Of which there are four are thus connected in pairs, onepair being located at the head and the other pair at the foot of the bedbottom.

It will be observed, from the foregoing description, that the bedbottom, of which the side rails 5 are parts, is suspended from the siderails 12 of the bed frame, upon the springs 19-49. Any weight uponthebed bottom will cause it to move downwardly, or vertically withrespect to the bracket member 10 upon the rod 20, such movement beingresisted by the yieldable suspension, closed helical springs and whenthe unusual Weight is removed from the bed bottom the springs 1919,which are suspended from the side arms 16 and 17, will return the bedbottom to its normal position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

p The bed bottom isfree to move in vertical planes upon the supportingbracket structure. 10, but is prevented from moving laterally in anydirection by the guide rods 22 that are guided in the sleeves 2'0 andthe side frames 5.

Other means than the projecting eyes 21 from the sleeve 20 may beemployed for securing the lower ends of the springs 19 to the rail 5 andother guiding means than the rod 22 may be employed for guiding thestructure in its vertical movement, as I do not consider my invention tobe limited to the precise construction shown and described but capableof variation inform and disposition of parts within the scope of theappended claims.

llaving described lily invention, what I claim is 7 1. A device of thecharacter described, for

7 use with a bed frame and a bed bottom comprising a relatively,stationary bracket memher, having a laterally extending member forsupport on a bed frame and a vertically to lateral displacement of saidbed bottom.

2; In combination with a bed frame and a bedb ottom comprising siderails, of a device for yiel'dingly suspending the bed bottom from saidframe comprising a laterally extending member for support on said bedframe, H a vertically extending cruciform matter-,- and a guidingmember, the latter adaptedto pass through a perforation in a side railof the bed bottom and a pair of helical springs, each connected to anarm of the vertical member and to the said side rail.

In combination with a bed frame and a bedbottoni comprising side rails,of a de vice for yieldingly suspending the bed bottom from said framecomprising, a laterally extending member for support on said bed frame,a vertically extending cruciform member and a guiding member, the latteradapted to pass through a perforation in the side rail of the bedbottom, a relatively soft bushing for said guide member to prevent noisewhen the guide member is moved and a pair of helical springs, eachconnected to anarm of the vertical member and to said side rail.

l; A device of the character described, comprising a sleeve adapted forconnection to a side rail of a bed bottom and perforated for a guiderod', a wood bushing within said sleeve within which said rod is guided;a bracket member connected to the upper end of said guide rod having alaterally extending member for support on a bed frame; a verticallyextending member having two side arms and two helical springs, one ofeach connected to one said side arm and to said sleeve for suspending abed bottom within a bed fraine;

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing wit- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach,- by addressing are Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

